Replication data for: Social Identity and Preferences

Social identities prescribe behaviors for people. We identify the marginal behavioral effect of these norms on discount rates and risk aversion by measuring how laboratory subjects' choices change when an aspect of social identity is made salient. When we make ethnic identity salient to Asian-American subjects, they make more patient choices. When we make racial identity salient to black subjects, non-immigrant blacks (but not immigrant blacks) make more patient choices. Making gender identity salient has no effect on intertemporal or risk choices. (JEL D81, J15, J16, Z13 )

社会身份（Social Identity）为个体划定了行为规范。本研究通过考察当某一社会身份维度被凸显时实验室被试的决策变化，识别出此类规范对贴现率与风险厌恶（Risk Aversion）的边际行为效应。当向亚裔美国被试凸显其族群身份（Ethnic Identity）时，他们会做出更具耐心的决策。当向黑人被试凸显其种族身份（Racial Identity）时，非移民黑人（而非移民黑人）会做出更具耐心的决策。凸显性别身份（Gender Identity）则对跨期决策与风险决策均无显著影响。(JEL D81, J15, J16, Z13 )